Very neat article, glad you shared it!
Interesting to think about now, they mention how modern digital cameras are not great at taking photos of interracial couples. I’m sure / hope someone is working on that, or at least maybe that’s a use case for some of the fancy photo post-processing - to take two photos with different exposure levels and somehow combine them to get accurate features from multiple people of various complexions in one photo.
Once you find a style of switch that you like, I’ve gotten some from https://drop.com when they were on sale for a decent price.
I’ve also had success with switches from https://kono.store
I think usually you can find switches usually sold in groups of 10, 35, or 70 depending on where you get them, and the price per switch can vary pretty heavily, anywhere from like 50¢ per switch to a couple dollars per switch.
I would highly recommend sampling a switch style or exact switch if possible before buying, though I have bought switches without doing that (after watching YouTube videos on them) and been mostly happy.
I don’t believe it was related to anything specifically added or removed in a recent patch, I think it was an existing exploit that just hadn’t been noticed.
Usually when beehaw is down for maintenance they’ll post on mastodon (https://hachyderm.io/@beehaw) - they posted there about preemptively taking it down due to the lemmy world hack.
You could checkout keeb.io, I have the Iris and it’s fairly ergonomic, and you can customize the switches you want.
Trying to tent it for even more ergonomic is a little weird, but I think it is doable.
There’s also (not from keeb.io) ergodox keyboards.
Link to the Iris: https://keeb.io/collections/iris-split-ergonomic-keyboard
Ergodox: https://ergodox-ez.com/
You might’ve wanted to add asking for the Beehaw username for verifying they’re a user of Beehaw, rather than leaving it open
Putting everything together is basically just expensive legos.
As others have mentioned, definitely make sure you are using the motherboard stand-off screws, or that it comes with them pre-attached.
For RAM, it can really only go in one way but it’s a little terrifying when it audibly snaps into place.
If you get everything set up and it doesn’t turn on, first thing I always check is that the RAM is seated properly (motherboard may have recommended configuration depending on the number of RAM sticks).
Make sure you plug your monitor into your GPU, not your integrated graphics from the motherboard.
If you get stuck at any point or have questions, feel free to reach out :)
I’ve put together ~4 computers, 3 in small form factor cases and 1 in a normal sized case. Definitely recommend a modular PSU, and also using cable ties (the Velcro ones that are easy to remove) of some kind for cable management.
I also have an Iris! I haven’t tented mine and am trying to decide if I want to.
I’ve found it works fine for games, I usually just shove the right side of my keyboard out of the way for more mouse space, and just have a few extra mouse buttons to make up for not having the right side of the keyboard.
I’ve subscribed over to the rpg community on lemmy.ml so now Beehaw should be federated over to it for interacting with it.
As an example, the author/activist bell hooks’ pen name was requested to be stylized in lower case.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/bell_hooks
In her case, she wanted people to focus on her writing rather than her name. Often times, even at the start of a sentence, you’ll see news articles lowercase her name.
To your latter point, I think the reason given definitely does influence my feelings on the matter - I’m comfortable giving someone “de-emphasis” when requested out of respect, or referring to someone by their preferred pronouns out of general respect as well. However, I do have lines that feel uncomfortable to cross, that I wouldn’t cross, such as a white person preferring to be called “Master”.